LONDON (Commodity Online): Base metal prices at the London Metal Exchange slipped on Wednesday as gains in the past month kept Chinese buyers at bay and the euro zone debt crisis continued to weigh on sentiment.
LME Price Highlights:
--Aluminium Alloy dipped 2.15% to $2090 a metric ton
--Aluminium dipped 1.68% to $2219 per metric ton
--Copper slipped 1.57% to $8351a metric ton
--Lead dipped 1.82% to $2209.50 per metric ton
--Nickel dipped 1.23% to $20865 a metric ton
--Tin dipped 0.94% to $24055 per metric ton
--Zinc dipped 1.6% to $2091 a metric ton
--Steel dipped 4.95% to $480 per metric ton
The LME metal prices in US $ per metric tonne as on February 1,2011. The figures in brackets refer to prices that prevailed on the previous day.
